Certification Manuals

Commentary Manual Updated 12/05/08

The purpose of the manual is to help providers/certifying staff understand the intent and application of the rule. An attempt has been made to offer commentary for those rules where experience indicates clarification would be helpful. However, a commentary cannot be written to cover every situation encountered. The comments are written in boxes with italicized print.

Policy Manual Updated 12/05/08

This manual replaces Chapter 4 of the Day Care Manual. This manual was developed as a guide for certifying agencies how to  administer Child Care Certification Program.

Caregiver Manual Updated 01/31/12

This manual was developed to give child care certification agencies a thorough overview of the Caregiver Law and how the law pertains to child care certification.  

Module I - Overview -  Updated 02/09/12
Module 2 - Conducting the CBC -  Updated 04/02/12
Module 3 - Review of the CBC Results -  Updated 04/03/12
Module 4 - CBC Records - Updated 02/09/12
Module 5 - Rehabilitation Review -  Updated 02/09/12
Appendix A - Out-of-State CBC Fee/Authorization Request -  Updated 02/09/12

 


 Updated April 09, 2012

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